Originally posted by unico they just posted ryan's picture on the news. i can't believe it. i CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

How heartbreaking for you and his family and friends.

It's shocking. I was actually writing an exam this afternoon, it was hard and long and we all got home feeling bad about it and then you turn the TV on and it puts things into perspective.

How many of us have lived in a university residence or gone to university? It's hard not to think...it could have been us. Those people shot may be adults technically, but they're still somebody's babies. What a tragedy.

I still think a lot of students and parents will question the two hour plus notification delay of a shooting on campus for a long time.

It's horrible to think that nearly all of these deaths could've been prevented had university officials handled things differently. I anticipate a long, drawn-out, "mistakes were made" sort of debate about the whole thing. I also hope that universities nationwide will develop a plan of action for a similar situation, though hopefully none will ever have to use it.

Mia, I'm so sorry about your student. Laura, I hope you hear good news about your friend's prognosis soon. I can't imagine how helpless you and everyone affected by this must feel, but I know all of us here are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers

Originally posted by phillyfan26 Terribly sorry for all those affected by this.

I won't fault anyone but the shooter for now. I think it was terrible of the media to try to blame the university officials for this.

Unfortunately, when the criminal dies, people look for some other target too often. The university will continute to attract heat for this.

I'm not making any official statements. But as a student who lives here and goes to this school, I am concerned as to why I wasn't notified about the first shooting (which happened at 7:15) until 9:30am...minutes before the 2nd shooting happened.

University officials are not being blamed for this, but their response is being questioned.

I'm not making any official statements. But as a student who lives here and goes to this school, I am concerned as to why I wasn't notified about the first shooting (which happened at 7:15) until 9:30am...minutes before the 2nd shooting happened.

University officials are not being blamed for this, but their response is being questioned.

This is not an analogous case because the shooter here was willing to shoot others (like the RA) on the scene. It is not a contained situation inside the residence of a couple. As soon as you have external victims, I believe it becomes the prudent course of action to seal off the area pending apprehension of the suspect.

But this thread is really not the place. All those questions will come into play later. If people's lives could have been saved, it's a tragedy. If they couldn't....it's still a tragedy. Just horrifying.